"21
Questions" by 50 Cent(05/22/2003)
Prompted by a song by his favorite rapper, 50 Cent, Shawn takes a look at
the sports world and answers some tough questions.

Larry's back:
Griffin ALA King!(05/08/2003)
Call him crazy, but Shawn's actually glad to see CNNSI.com gave Larry King
his own weekly sports column. Now Shawn's got something to make fun of.

Sports: Can't live
with 'em or without 'em(05/02/2003)
Unveiling his GAS Scale (Griffin Angry Scale), Shawn lists the things in
sports that annoy him the most, including bad announcers, the Lakers, NFL
draft grades and the state of Major League Baseball.

The State of the NHL(04/14/2003)
Not much of a hockey fan himself, Shawn analyzes NHL commissioner Gary
Bettman's "State of the League" address from this past February to
decipher what he actually meant to say.

I'm back baby!(03/12/2003)
Figuring it was about time, Shawn devoted a column to some of the questions and observations that run through his "inconsistently-sane head" each
day.

There they go again(01/17/2003)
Irritated by the love-fest for Tennessee's Pat Summitt, Shawn says ESPN is
giving far too much coverage and credit to the female coach's 800th career
victory.

Santa's sports gifts(12/19/2002)
Shawn looks around the sports world and hands out some of his own Christmas
gifts, including a muzzle for Warren Sapp, condoms for Michael Jordan and
cash for Indians owner Larry Dolan.

What I learned...(12/09/2002)
Borrowing from one of his favorite magazines, Esquire, Shawn lists
what he's learned about Warren Sapp, Art Modell, Hootie Johnson and life in
general.

Random observations:
week six of the NFL season(10/16/2002)
Shawn says that someone either on the field or standing on the Seattle
sidelines should've popped Terrell Owens upside the head following his
autographing session in the end zone on Monday night.

NFL: Numerous Flags
League(10/02/2002)
Judging by his fantasy football leagues, his DirecTV subscription and all
his league merchandise, Shawn loves the NFL. Still, he's tired of watching
part-time refs ruin games every Sunday by calling way too many penalties.

MLB season saved?
Who cares...(08/30/2002)
MLB's players and owners may have avoided a strike this year, but Shawn
could care less because, in another four years, he says we'll again be
dealing with all the annoying labor talk.

SpEntertainment(08/13/2002)
In order to reduce the amount of sports imitators & sports-like
entertainment cluttering up his sports page, Shawn proposes that a new
section be added to the newspapers entitled: SpEntertainment.

It's the Orange Vest
Brigade!(07/26/2002)
In honor of those "hard-working" construction crews camped out on
our highways everyday, Shawn releases baseball's Orange Vest Brigade, a list
of the league's best underachievers who collect a paycheck for minimal work.

It's HAMMER TIME!(07/09/2002)
We've reached the All-Star break, which this year just means we're even
closer to a possible work stoppage. Shawn blames this entire situation on
Donald Fehr, saying it's time to ban him from the game and work out a new
Collective Bargaining Agreement.

My letter to Larry
Dolan(06/28/2002)
Following the Bartolo Colon trade to Montreal, Shawn asks Larry Dolan to
sell the team to an owner who's willing to open up his wallet for a winner.

Tiger vs. Phil and
Anna(06/25/2002)
Shawn says Tiger's PGA throne will never be threatened by someone like Phil
Mickelson, a man whose contentment to play second or third fiddle puts him
in the same class as Anna Kournikova.

It's time to put the
AX to Title IX, part II(06/13/2002)
In the second and final installment of his two-part series, Shawn says instead of
creating more opportunities for women, Title IX has forced schools to cut
men's programs like wrestling, gymnastics, and track and field.

It's time to put the
AX to Title IX(05/31/2002)
Shawn says that Title IX, which was designed in good faith to end
discrimination against women, now denies men their right to participate in
organized sports.

Sports -- the last
hope(05/23/2002)
Sports have yet to succumb to the politically correct element that has
infiltrated most other aspects of our society...and Shawn likes it that way.

No cheapskates
allowed(05/20/2002)
Shawn wonders why Larry Dolan bought the Cleveland Indians if he had no
intentions of fielding a championship-caliber team.

An open letter to
Bud Selig and Donald Fehr(05/13/2002)
In response to the possibility of yet another work stoppage in baseball,
Shawn tells Bud Selig and Donald Fehr that he'll never come back if they let
him down again.

How to spice up the
LPGA Tour(04/23/2002)
Envious of the success the PGA is enjoying, the LPGA is looking for a way to
boost ratings. They didn't ask Shawn for his opinion, but you can bet he's
got some ideas.

Why riot?(04/04/2002)
Shawn wants to know why sports fans these days feel the need to riot
whenever their team wins a championship.

Nolan Richardson's
real problem(03/01/2002)
Arkansas basketball head coach Nolan Richardson was quick to play the race
card this past week in the face of some pointed criticism, but maybe he
should take a look at his pitiful graduation rate before condemning anybody
else.

Monty can't take it
anymore(02/27/2002)
Colin Montgomerie loves whining and complaining about how the "mean old
American fans" disrespect him on the golf course.

Contraction
may not be a bad thing(11/12/2001)
The
buzz word in baseball right now is "contraction," and Shawn
looks at some things he'd contract in the world of sports and
entertainment if he had the power.